The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-02

ris, VIII. Irwin, G. G. Wilcox, H. H.
Knox and T. j. Fleming, formed the
procession on Commercial Street, near
Fifth Avenue, in the following order:
Band.
Post No. IS.
Visiting Posts.
Emporia Rifles
knights of Pythias.
Sons OF Veterans.
Juveniles.
Knights Templar.
40 o. w.
Woman's Relief Corps.
State Normal School.
City Schools.
Citizens on Foot.
Citizens in Carriages.
The line of march was from the in
tersection of Fifth Avenue and Com
mercial Street, up Commercial Street to
the State Normal School, and thence
west on Twelfth Avenue. The pro-
cession was over mile in length and
was one of the finest ever witnessed in
Emporia. Among the many beautiful
banners in the procession was
the elegant new one carried
by the standard bearer of the A. o.
U. w.
Arrived at Maplewood Cemetery,
Post No. So fell into line and followed
by the Woman's Relief Corps and
the children, proceeded to the north
end of the grounds, where the Grand
Army lot is located, and the Ladies Re
lief Corps had erected an urn in COM
memoration Of the unknown dead. Here
the ladies and children in the center and
the veterans and concourse surround
ing, Judge Buck on behalf of the SOL
diers addressed few remarks to the
people after which the Relief Corps
headed by their president, Mrs Charles
Harris, fled round the urn and each
placed wreath or bouquet In it. Then
prayer was offered by the Chaplain,
and other wreaths and bouquets were
handed up and Mrs. Harris, on behalf
Of the corps, read the cards attached,
each one in memory of some soldier
who had given up his life in the dread
full struggle for the preservation
of the nation and whose body
laid In some unknown grave on some
battle field of the South, and not few
of whom died in Andersonville, Selma
or some other prison pen. This was
probably the most touching of all the
exercises, and not a few tears were to
be observed among the listeners.
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
Among the bouquets and wreaths
having cards attached and placed in
the urn were noticed ones in memory
of the following:
Jas. B. Cross, Lieut.. oath o. vi.
E. j. Short, Co. B, Tooth III. Cav.
Lieut.. K. +. Small OF Pennsylvania
| drowned near Cairo.
Bernard Murphy, 9th Pa, killed at
Bulls Run.
Smith II. Baird, Co. d, 175th o. "
l., Died in prison at Selma, Ala, Feb
Archie Dixon, Co. D., 175th o. v. 1.
lost on the Sultana, March, 1864.
| w. H. Short, Co. B, 10th Ill. Cav.
Hugh L. Finley, 1S3d Pa, died in An
Warren ]. Park, Co. B. 10th Ill. Cav
Chas. P. Finley, 133d Pa, V. l., dice
in field hospital.
Josiah Tuttle, Sth Ill. Cav.
Alpha Kieffer, I'd Pa. Cav. and Vet
eran Reserve Corps.
In memory of my father, VIM. n
Bumgardner, Co. K, 115th Ill. INIT.
died in Danville prison, April 10, 1854
In memory OF Alex B; Harris, Co. A
Elmer =. Kieffer, Army of the POto
mac, dispatch bearer"
VIM. b. Morris, Co. G, 18th Kas.
w. III. Armstrong, 9Th Iowa Cav.
who rests at Plumville, Pa.
Hiram Burt. Thos. Miller, Samue
Hamil and Edwin Foust, all of Co. II
End Kas.
| Charlie Wilkinson, Tooth o., fell be
fore Atlanta in 1884.
| VIM. D. Erving, Co. K, 10th ILL.,, kill
ed at KeneSaw Mountains; buried a
4 Capt. r. M. Lyon, Co. C, I26th o. v
l., killed at battle Of Wilderness, Ma
6 1854.
Il In memory of three brothers, N. T.
Thomas G. and Henry G. Burchfleld
who sleep in soldiers cemeteries
]. G. Burchfeld.
After this portion of the ceremonie
was concluded by strewing flowers owe
the ground, the concourse adjourned
the elevation in the center of the GENE
terry, where the ritual of the Gran
Army of the Republic was gon
: through, followed by salute of mus
kerry by the Emporia Rifles. The cel
emonies were concluded by the childre
: being divided up into detachments an
I each taking portion of the ground
and one little girl and or
!. little boy, dressed in IL
; national colOrs, strewing flower
f ON each grave that had been previousl
g marked by small flag as containir
the body of former defender of I'll
8 Union cause.
IL INFERRED AT 1IAPLEwOOD.
; The following is list of those i
y TERED at Maplewood cemetery, SO f
D. as could be obtained. Parties kno1
q ing of others or able to give initia
q omitted in this list win confer a fav
y by sending postal card with inform
10 ton to T. E. Mcmillan:
b A. G.. Kelley, = Now,
TO John Ferguson, Marsh,
ut - Hoyden, j. w. Lynn.
d; John Hunter, - Webster,
90 = Fairchilds, S. e. Northingto
" Il Parsell, ST..
~ J. r. Waikup, w. Clark.
Id Robert Ireland, Schortout,